About the Authors

Azadeh Kushki

akushki@hollandbloorview.ca

Affiliation Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ellen Drumm

Affiliation Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michele Pla Mobarak

Affiliation Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Nadia Tanel

Affiliation Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annie Dupuis

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tom Chau

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Evdokia Anagnostou

Affiliations Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors AK, ED, MM, NT, AD and TC have declared that no competing interests exist. EA has consulted without fees to Proximagen, Neuropharm and NOVARTIS and has received a consultation fee from Seaside Therapeutics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK TC EA. Performed the experiments: AK ED MM NT. Analyzed the data: AK AD. Wrote the paper: AK ED MM NT AD TC EA.